The Kids Are Really Alright! (Life With Mental Illness)

The song “The Kids Are Alright” came back into my purview more recently as my family began navigating the minefield of a mental illness diagnosis. One of my adult children began a difficult season and as a result of trying to handle it all, we have been tested, strained and yet, we still stand. As a writer, speaker and creative, I am walking out of a time of feeling low, depressed and unable to work. Not necessarily new emotions for me, but coupled with the deep awareness of just how powerless I was to change what was happening hit me hard … to say the least.

For the span of 45 days, I felt those lyrics to my core. The thing I was not prepared to deal with however was the internal guilt of being a father, who wanted to run from his problems. What kind of man was I? In fact, if I had been a better dad, they would never have fallen ill. Day after day I … Click HERE to continue reading